News tagged with 'Stimulants'

Calls coming into poison control centers around the country jumped 76 percent over a seven-year period, reporting teens having a bad reaction to drugs used to treat ADHD, this study finds. That jump roughly corresponds with the sharp rise in the prescription use of these stimulants in children and teens.

A newly released study suggests there may be a link between the use of stimulant medications prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD, and sudden cardiac death in healthy children. But the FDA says due to limited data, children should not stop taking these drugs.

ADHD drugs are powerful stimulants given to more than 4 million children, but do they work?  This five year published study says yes, but other multi-year studies question the drugs' effectiveness and safety. Generation Rx, a documentary, asks the kinds of questions parents need to before they put their children on ADHD drugs. 

Brain boosters, stimulants such as ritalin, are increasingly being used on campus and at work. Some experts think they actually serve a role to enhance learning and can be used responsibly, while others warn they are a dangerous precedent.